...one of the most highly
regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the
world.
— Herb Sutter and Andrei
Alexandrescu, C++
Coding Standards
Establish a connection.
basic_socket_streambuf< Protocol, StreamSocketService > * connect( const endpoint_type & endpoint);
This function establishes a connection to the specified endpoint.
this
if a connection was
successfully established, a null pointer otherwise.